Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 338, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 25, 1917 Page: 3 of 12
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TULUSA DAILY WORLD SATURDAY AUGUST 25 1917
MURDER CHARGED
NEGROES LEADERS
OF HOUSTON RIOT
ITXTIXI'K1 KltoM PAUE OSK
lip bclon nig htfa.ll scores of civilian
ami milithvy patrols being in the field
hunting fin' thorn.
MnJ. tien. Cieorge Bell Jr. will ar-
rive tomorrow to tuke over charge of
the munition front (Inn. John A. IIu-
len who was appointee! commander
by Ciovernor Ferguson when the state
executive declared the city and county
under martial law. Hulen's appoint-
ment later was confirmed hy (ieneral
l'arker in command of the tinuthern
department.
Indicative of the complete control
now held hy the white military forced
la tho announcement Issued tonight
that construction work at t amp l.o-
KJn Interrupted during the day be-
cause of the riot would he resumed
on regular schedule .Saturday morn-
ing. The rioting Thursday nl.tht started
about 9 o'clock. During the day the
negro troop hecame Inflamed against
the while police of Houston hecau.se
of the reported shooting of a negro
ergeant by a police officer. Steal-
ing company ammunition about 125
of the negroes seized their rifles and
left their camp starting toward the
city and shooting Indiscriminately.
Policemen Shot Down.
Wurnlng was Immediately given
And mounted police officers sought
to halt the mob surrendering their
lives In vain efofrts to drive the sol-
diers back. Illinois guardsmen en-
camped at Camp I-iogan soon arrived
on the scene but only in time to
throw a cordon between tho negroes
and great crowds of Houston citizens
who armed themselves and quickly
gathered to oppose the raiders. The
negroes then took to the open country
In flight some returning to camp
where they were placed undor guard
and others hiding In the fields and
ditches along the nearby roads.
Thirty-two squads of armed citi-
zens sworn In as deputy sheriffs each
CLOSED!
Y. M. C. A. Cafeteria
Aug. 25 Sept. 2
For Renovation Decoration and
Repairs
WILL OPEN
With Improved Service but Same
Moderate Prices
SEPTEMBER 2nd
lajestEc
Last Times Today
CIAILES
sT.m of "Tin-: -M)Diiorri:K" "thk pixciiiirrriao and
"Till: MIIXIONAIKF VAUHANT"
IN
SUDDEN JEM"
l'ictiirlntlon of Hie Fumou Novrl That I lan In .Serial Form In the
.Saturday Fvening Post by Clarence. Uudillngton Kellanl.
AND
TRICKS:
Mnllneo . . IOo
Children . . So
F wiling . . 20c
'His Sudden Rival'
Triangle Comedy
JACKIE SAUNDERS
(THK TOMIJOY OF
IX
"The Wildcat
COIXD YOU IX)YK A
KINDAY AND MONDAY F-LLA
. j
Oliver Morosco ProscnW
Kaihlyn Wiliams in "Out of the Wreck"
ALSO PARAMOUNT riCTOfiRAPII
Sorwn Time 11:30 12:45 2 3:15 4:30. 5:45 T 8:15 :30
Price 20o Chllilreu Bo
Sl'NDAY AND MONDAY
GF.OHUE UF.HAN lit "THK COOK OF CANYON CAMP"
TUESDAY Douglas Fairbanks
AOROSCOPAfiAMOUNT.STA'Ei
In "The Cook of Canyon Camp" at the Tulace tomorrow and Monday
squad with a captain In command
aided the military forces during the
day in the search of tho San Felipe
district for stragglers from the riot-
ing negro band. As fast as a negro
soldier was toiind he whs Immediately
placed In custody of either the civilian
authorities or under guard at Camp
Logan.
In addition to the search of the
residences and territory Immediately
surrounding the camp autoiiiolilopa-
' trols traversed the roads radiating
RCHFDFI.F.:
1st Show II a. m.
I2::i0 2:15 4
5:43. 7: SO 0:15
THK SCKF.EN)
55
101 T CAVKMAN?
HALL lu "THK C1IARME1U'
TODAY
-O N L Y
(m.Mii .mi"
la "WILD AND WOOLY'
heater
KM
I from the city In all directions In
quest of fugitives In several instances
I with successful results. While the
I armed forces devoted tho daylight
! hours to this work commanding of-
ficers tinder (Ieneral llulen were en-
gaged in planning for the protection
or the camp thru the coming night.
! Tlie additional force of approximately
six hundred men from Kort Sam
Houston detailed from tho Nine-
teenth Infantry arrived during the
afternoon und was Immediately dis-
! posed to best advantage.
W tillcryiiH it IK'l.cw' Ciianl.
Karlier in the day a detachment of
coast guard artillery from Fort
Crockett Galveston arrived and re-
i lieveil the Illinois national gu.inls-
: men who had lren on patrU duty
ithruout the night without rest ami
these with the fresh troops from San
' Antonio assumed full control during
l the uf lernoon.
Sentries placed on street corners In
the business district during the iiinrn-
Ing were gradually withdrawn until
only a few streets where racial trouble
; might develop were under guard.
Much of this sentry duty during' the
! early hours of the day had been left
i to Texas national guardsmen who
lacking arms were supplied with shot-
iguus and rifles from the stocks of
hardware stores.
liuslncss in the city proceeded dur-
ing the day In accordance with orders
issued by Woneral'l lulen for all save
authorised officers to go unarmed and
to avoid gathering In groups in tho
streets to discuss the riot. Saloons
were clcsed and all clubs obliged to
observe the military order ugilnit tho
siile of ll'iuor.
At Camp Logan building activities
were. :t a standstill workmen being
refused udniisMon thru the guard
lines established around the camp. In
the residence district Immediately ad-
jacent to the camp Rite mary homes
were deserted during the afternoon.
Negroes Savage In Mutilating.
Iixfiunation over the outbreak was
particularly expressed becnuso of the
savageness displayed by the negroes
toward tho white police officers wno
were slain and whose bodies In near-
ly every instance had been hncKeu
with bayonets. Among the Illinois
guardsmen also much feeling was
evident because of the mutilation of
(.'apt. Joseph Mattes one of the first
to he slain by the rioters.
llecause of this feeling General
Hulen at noon ordered the pu"nu
morgues in which tho bodies were
held to close their doors to all ex-
ccpt immediate relatives of the vlc-
I tlms.
I Funeral arrangements for the vk
tlms of the riot were made during the
1 Hfternoon. The four police officers
who died figthing will be giving a fit-
' tin? public funeral Sunday afternoon.
I Two youths slain Karl Fendlcr nnu
Frederick Winkler will be buried
Saturday and arrangements for the
i interment of tho 14 other dead are yet
to be announced.
Chief of Police Hrock during tn
! day Issued a statement concerning the
I cause of the riot In which ho asserleu
I that both he nnd Lieutenant Shoker-
glan of tho Twenty-fourth Infantry
had conferred for two hours Thursday
afternoon regarding the possibility of
an outbreak and preventative nieau-
ure.s to be taken. Neither however be-
lieved the trouble would reach a crisis
: so quickly the chief assorting fear
; onlv thai a dispute between one of his
officers and a negro sergeant might
i prove tho spark to start a conflagra-
tion.
: Mattes' Itody Mutilated.
I The killing of Capt. Joseph W. Mattes
I of the Illinois second field artillery
was accompanied by extremo cruelty
! on the part of his slayers according
' to early reports.
I Wounded by a rifle bullet Cap-
tain Mattes was surrounded by the
mutinous soldiers riddled with buck
shot and Ms body hacked and staootv
In many places with bayonets.
Shots fired evidently at close range
tore great sections of his skull to bits
and the body when discovered was
almost unrecognisable.
W. A. Wise while trying to save
nn unknown wounded man was Knot
three times In the left arm and onuu
In the back. Telling of the shooiiiiH
Wise said:
"I heard shooting and at Drunner
avenue a man whose name I never
learned fell apparently dying- In tho
street. Blood was gushing from m
breast. I rushed tn his assistance and
called on an automobile driver nnd
others for help. While we were try-
ing to place the dying man In the car
ballets spattered all about us and
the men who were helping me find l
could do nothing more and soon be-
came weak from loss of blood."
Mr. JtVlsn Is a mechanic and ho
been employed at Camp Logan.
"We have been laying here Hko
dogs not knowing what to do" rild
Ed Fuchs brother to Alma ltelchert
a 16-year-old girl who was shot
among the first during the riot by tint
negro soldiers. For almost two hours
after the girl had been shot Fucno
his wife and children had huddled in
a corner of the store miserably wait-
ing for another volley of bullets.
Struck by Random Bullet.
Fuchs continued: "Tht store was
closed when the negro soldiers passed
and we were frightened when tho
shooting began. Alma had run in
from the sidewalk. She was shot in
the stomach and that bullet came
through a double wall."
At the home of Mrs. Mary Wink-
ler 4910 Lillian street was enacted
one of the brutal Incidents of the
night 'When the mutinous soldiers
passed her two sons. Fred Winkler
aged 20 end William J. Drucks
stepped to the front porch to see what
provoked the loud talking. Fred
Winkler flashed on the gallery light
and William Drucks got as far as the
steps.
With that a bullet penetrated to the
heart of the younger boy while tho
right nrm of Itrucka was shattered at
the wrist nnd above the elbow.
For what seemed nn eternity tho
Winkler family remained In a house
of darkness whore I'rucks lay upon
the bed bleeding. Not until a re-
porter bad entered the house and
stumbled in the dark over the body of
the younger lad prone on the porch
as If erecutod by a squad would the
family flash on the electric lights.
Captain Tuggle commanding Com-
pany K Fifth infantry Illinois na-
tional guard it was said today was
first to throw u shield of urmed men
between the negroes and tho unor-
ganized crowds of Houston citizens
which sought revenge for the deaths
of police officers four of whom wero
killed in tho earlier fighting.
Captain Kothrock V. S. A. In
charge at Camp Logan pending the
arrival of General Hell designated to
command the Illinois division joined
with the Illinois troops and by per-
sonal appeal matcriullv.Mihdued the
rising spirit of mob violence among
toe white citizens.
One of the grewsome Incidents of
the evening was the discovery of nn
automobile with two of its occupants
dead and two others wounded. One
of the dead wis a policeman. The two
Wounded were Texas soldiers. Klmmie
Foreman of Company F. Fifth Texas
Infantry and M. 1). Kverton. Kverton
died after being taken to a horplul.
The sixteenth victim was 10. .M.
Jones a Jitnev driver whose body was
found near Camp Logan shortly be-
fore noon. His right arm was almost
severed by saber strokes. There were
numerous bullet wounds In his body.
Houston Casualty List
The dead:
1 1! A I.i. It A INKY
ofiber.
mounted
police
polico
police
IIOKACI
officer.
MOODY mounted
Itl'FK DAXIKIfl
officer.
mounted
SMITH.
S SATTON. barber.
CAIT. .1. W. M A'l'TF.S Mattery A
Second Illinois field hi tiller.
K. J. M KINK K police officer.
K. M. IONKS Jitney driver.
KA 111 F1NI.K V
A. It. C A ItSTKNS painter.
M A.M'KI. OA lilt FIX
1'KKH K. WINK LICK.
Hll V ANT WATSON negro soldier.
Company K. Twenty-fourth Infantry.
VIDA MKNKV.
M. 1). KVKiti'oN liattery K n lo-
cal company.
C. W. ItlGHT.
ZJMMIK Ft I: KM A N Company K.
Fifth Texas infunf y.
The wounded:
William .1. ruckh hhot in light
I nrm amputation necessary critical.
I W. II iiurkett shot In left side
I fcpritiKled on side und buck with ihot-
I gun shot serious.
A. ihoiiipson of Hempslcud gun-
si ot In light leg.
J. K. Klchnrdson shot In head
with rifle by negro soldier not se-
lioiis. Ann Miami thot over left eye in-
jury slight.
Wvlie Strong nerro private. Com-
pany I Twenty. fourth negro In-
fantry shot in right side accidentally
by another soldier of his company;
not serious.
1 K. I'atton. mounted police offi-
cer teceived five or six wounds in
hip thigh leg and ahoulder.
Sunimlc Foreman of Livingston
Company I'" Flfih Texas infantry
shot In log.
lames Kdwln Lyon shot in leg and
arm.
I iiidt ntified negro trooper shot
tb'u abdomen.
I'nidentified negr.i trooper shot In
h g with buckshot.
G. W. Kutcher of Cottage Grove
shot In left chest und light loin 80-
liously wounded.
W. A. Thompson shot thru light
Hp condit.on serious.
Wiley Slroni:'. negro t-oldler of
1 w nty-fom tb infantry.
City I "elective T. A. Hinford shot
tn knee.
Sam Salensky bailly hurt in auto-
mobile accident going to rump.
Alma lleicb-it white g'li shot In
stomach.
George Leavens nemo soldier
wounded In leg.
As It Were-
She Well she married him but his
Income is all tied up In alimony to
his first wife.
He Sort of matrimony ex div. as
'f? were. Judge.
Suspicious.
"Have you heard about this case of
suspended animation?"
! "No" replied Senator Flubdub.
lAn it It I u.n n t mitilrrUHU I fl.Ol't
J 1111 1 ii tn M niitj av -
want to hear It."
Grand
Theater
115 l'jist Second
Phono IllU
KvcnlngH N:I5
Matinees Sunday Tuesday
Thurxdiiy und Saturday 2:30
Sept. 2-3-1-5
SpMiul Monday
Labor Day Matinee
The Inccmparable
Grand Slock Co.
l'reseniM
"Alias Jicumle
Valentine"
Hy Paul AriiLslronx
PRICKS: Fvetilngs 10-25-35-50
Matliuww lO-'JO
Seats Now on Sule
SFI'T. 6-7-H
"WHF.N UK UI.RK 21"
L.TH.EATEf
Vaudeville and PicturM Without
Apologies.
Lat Tuns Todiy
THEEB LAT0NIA BISTERS '
Novelty Olobo Rollari.
Other Acts and PhotopUy. "Infidelity."
VsudtvlU .... 2:30 4:30 7:30 9:30
Picture 1:16 3:30 5:30 8:30
Week Dy Metlneee 100
Wights and Bunders lOe end 20o
TUE YOUNG LADY j
ACROSS THE WAY
We asked the young lady across the
way If the parly was JuM f ir the girl
and she said () no It was nonsctarlan.
M VI I -STIC.
Tho millions of people who have
read "Sudden Jim" which will be
shown at the Majestic theater the last
time today the story by Clarence
Mudlnglou Killaud which flrM ap-
peared in serial form In the Saturday
Kvenlng 1'ost and Is now one of the
five best sellers on the novel market
will have the opportunity to see It
brought to life on the screen with
Charbs Itay the Triangle .star as Hie
fighting Jim who took over his
father's clothespin factory up In
Michigan und defied a combine that
was attempting to control the market
and the politics lu that section of the
country.
Charles Hay has well merited tho
title "Wonder Hoy." bestowed by a
noted critic for each succeeding pic-
ture flashes anew hl versatility and
his understanding of human charac-
ter 'The Clodhopper. rho lincb
Ilittei" and "The Millionaire Vagrant"
have been among Triangle's most
notable successes ami bae presaged
a new und greater era of popularity
for the star whom fans call "Charlie"
May.
No finer type of American manhood
has been depleted than that of Sudden
Jim. He's clean-cut decisive ready
to fight to the death for the principles
which he believes right. In the Michi-
gan town of "a dozen people und five
hundred folks" he becomes a power
thru the sheer magnetism of his alert
personality and his altruistic views
which cause the men under him to
say "He's one of us; we'll flg'il to Un-
dent h for our boy Sudden Jim." And
they do. When Jim finds that hi
crooked competitors have been spik-
ing his logs und have prepured to de-
stroy a bridge In order to prevent his
shipments the boy calls out his men
and asks them If they will follow him
Into a hard fight. 'Their answer Is
made by rolling up their sleeves and
seizing dubs.
Itay Is supported bv nn excellent
(list including Sylvia Mremer as Ma-
no Ducharme t lie girl of queer dis-
turbed turbulent personality; (Jcorirle
Stone the Triangle kiddie who Is soon
to be starred In a fairy play; Joseph
J. Howling the character netor who
bus the tide of Judge Zauaan Frame;
Lydla Knott who appeared as Cay's
mother In "The Clodhopper"; William
Mellirgford and Frank Whitson. who
have had prominent roles in various
Triangle plays. Victor L Schi'ltzln-
ger directed the play and Paul F.aglcr
Is responsible for the photography.
ftaulite
1HEFA1MRING
A ROMANTIC SERIAL OF
A SEARCH for a stolen
Violet Diamond a
strange religious sect that
had its origin in Arabia
and a beautiful goddess
who exercises uncanny
power over her subjects
figure prominently in this
latest and best Pathe pho-
toplay serial. Th e fact that
Pearl White is the star
is sufficient assurance
that such a serial would
be a success. But Pathe
has added Warner Oland
famous villian of Patria
to the cast wh'.ch doubly
assures success. In ad-
dition there is Ruby Hoff-
man Earle Foxe and
Henry Gsell in the prin-
cipal roles making an all-
star cast. You can't afford
to miss this rare treat.
v illicit uy ricu jatesuii ViaT J 1
Produced by Astra ffj v I
Final Sale Figures
Remarkable Straw Hat
Values for Saturday
Choice of any sailor up to .$5 now 75c
Choice of any soft straw up to $3 now $1
Choice of any $0.30 $7.30 $8.50 straw $2
Choice of any $10 and $12.30 straw $3
Take Ym away before we Rive
thorn to the Salvation Aarmy
Clothing Close Outs
Just to keep from carrying them
over and palming; them off a
new Palm Peaches next summer
1-2 Price
on all 2-piece
Summer Suits
$10.00 values $ 5.00
12.50 values 6.25
15.00 values 7.50
18.00 values 9.00
20.00 values 10.00
25.00 values 12.50
Shirt Sale
$1 Shirts 3 for $2
Entire stock of Shirts up
to $12.50 at sale prices
' k..u luiilileMS Davs III France.
Meatless days tealess days and
now comes
tho liathless day! Hence
forth we ure Informed by the man-
agement of this hotel we shall have
hot water only on Katurdays and .Sun-
days. This measure is not only a law
but also a matter of agreement be-
tween the hotel keepers who thereby
save coal for France and money for
themselves. The rest ftf tho week tho
'chambermaid will bring a small pitch-
er of hot water for monsieur's shav
Ing or madame's morning wash but
'one must bathe. If bathe he will In
cold water consoling himself by tiiat
LOVE INTRIGUE AND DARING
exploded hygienic fake which hold
that the rold plunge Is healthful.
Monday and Tuesday are meatlese
days; Tuesday und Wednesday ara
tealess days; all days except Saturday
and Sunday uro bathless days; on all
days except Sunday Thursday and
Saturday the trains In' the Metro the
I'arls subway stop nt 9:80 o'clock.
Of all the days of all the week there-
fore Tuesday is the worst. It is meat-
less tealess bathless und Metrulesa.
JllSt SO.
With some ladles the clothes of a
perfect day would comprise quite
wardrobe.
f . e V7
At the Empress Sunday Mon-
day Tuesday and
Wednesday
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